Conflict and Crisis in the Religious Life of Late Victorian England by Herbert Schlossberg


Conflict and Crisis in the Religious Life of Late Victorian England
Title : Conflict and Crisis in the Religious Life of Late Victorian England
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ISBN : 1412815231
ISBN-10 : 9781412815239
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 333
Publication : First published August 1, 2009

Contrary to its popular image as dull and stodgy, the Victorian period was one of revolutionary change. In its politics, art, economic affairs, class relationships, and religion, change was constant. In his fascinating analysis of religious life in this period, Herbert Schlossberg shows how religion in England dealt with such issues as science and the effect of German scholarship on religious thinking. This work helps us understand the Victorian period, as well as the increasing secularity of modern English life.

Conflict and Crisis in the Religious Life of Late Victorian England Reviews

  • Sue

    This is a well-researched, well-written and intriguing book which explains how the robust, relevant faith of the Clapham evangelicals gave way to more sentimental and subjective forms of Christianity. It highlights the failure of the church to address the intellectual challenges from without and the subsequent alternatives to Christianity which became popular. In charting the changes in belief during this period much light is shed on belief in our own time.

  • Jake

    I found this book fascinating. Many of the conflicts occurring and sometimes even resolved in the late 1800s and early 1900s have persisted or re-emerged. Arranged by conflict topic, the chronology does skip around and makes it hard to understand the timeline.

    ***Disclaimer, the author is my grandfather, so there is probably some bias in my review. However, the content is fascinating regardless, if your'e interested in the evolution of the British (and American) church.***